Blackberry BlackBerry Curve Quick start guide

Brand: Blackberry

Model: BlackBerry Curve

Type: Quick start guide

See User Guide on BlackBerry® User Tools CD for Spanish Instructions.

Additional charges may apply. Visit www.cingular.com for more details.

BlackBerry Curve features subject to change without prior notice.

All BlackBerry Curve screens are simulated.

Use your phone for more than just talking

Quick Start Guide

Volume keys

Adjust the volume

during a call

End/Power key

End a call

Device On/Off

Escape key

Move back a screen

Close a menu

Speakerphone key

Turn on/off the speakerphone

during a call

Backspace/Delete key

Enter key

Right Shift key Capitalize letters

or press the ALT key + this key

to turn on CAP lock

Push To Talk key

This convenience key opens

the Push To Talk application

Menu key

Open the menu in an

application

Alt key

Type the alternate

character on a key

Symbol key

Open the symbol list

USB port

Headset jack

Camera key

Open the camera

Take a picture

Trackball

Roll to move around a screen

Click (press) to select an item

Send key

Open the phone

Call a highlighted phone number

Mute / Play & Pause key

Left Shift key

Capitalize letters or press the ALT

key + this key to turn on NUM lock

Getting to know your Phone

Making Phone Calls

Make phone calls

1.On the Home screen or in the Phone Screen, perform one of the following:

a. Type a phone number

b. Type part of a contact name. Use the trackball to scroll to and highlight

a contact or phone number and click/press the trackball or the Send key

to place the

call.

2. To end the call, press the End key.

Make a phone call using Voice Dialing

1.On the Home screen, scroll to

and click the Voice Dialing icon.

2. Wait for the sound.

3.Say “Call” and a contact name or

phone number.

4.To end the call, press

the End key.

Note: To turn the

speakerphone on or

off during a call,

press the

Speakerphone ($)

key, or click the

trackball and then

click Activate

Speakerphone /

Handset.

Note: To learn more

about voice dialing

features, press the

Menu key and choose

Help.

Take a Picture

Taking photos is easy with the built-in 2 MP camera.

1. Take a picture by clicking the Camera key or by

clicking the Camera icon on the Home screen.

2. Perform one of the following actions:

• To take another picture, click the Camera icon.

• To delete the picture, click the Trash Can icon.

• To send the picture via email, click the Envelope icon.

• To set

the picture as a

caller ID picture or Home

screen background, click

the Crop icon.

• To rename the picture, click

the File Folder icon.

Note: When taking, processing, or using

the camera obey all laws which may

restrict your use of the camera or

BlackBerry Curve.

Downloadable Fun using AT&T Mall

• On the Home screen, scroll to and click on the AT&T Mall icon.

• Browse thousands of ring tones from the classics to today’s top performers by

going to Shop Tones.

• Select Shop Games to find games that turn your downtime into fun time.

• Personalize your phone with unique

art at Shop Graphics.

• Go to Shop Multimedia to find an MMS greeting card

that’s perfect for the occasion.

• Subscribe to useful applications and cool tools

discovered at Shop Applications.

*Additional charges may apply for downloadable content.

Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you

agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for those products or services.

RIM and AT&T makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to

the third party products and services and assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to

the third party products and services even if RIM and AT&T has been advised of the

possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages.

Customize and personalize your BlackBerryÆ Curve™ with downloadable*

games, graphics and ring tones.

MEdia

™

Net

With MEdia Net, you can get the information that is important to you at a

glance. Check your local weather, your team scores or movie listings with just a

few clicks.

1.On the Home screen, scroll down to and select the MEdia Net icon.

2. Scroll the trackball to a category of interest and then click to explore that category.

For quick access to your favorite categories, personalize

your MEdia Net home page.

1. From the MEdia Net home page, scroll to and click Edit next to My Links.

2. Click Edit My Links.

3. Select the categories you would like to appear on your

home page.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.

How to bookmark a web page

1. Press the Menu key, then click Add Bookmark.

2. Click Add.

Organize Me

The BlackBerry® Curve™ features time saving tools to help you stay on top of

your day. Get organized with the calendar, address book, task list, and alarm

functionality of your BlackBerry Curve.

Add a contact

1. From the Home screen, click on Address Book.

2. Click on the Menu key, click on New Address.

3.Type in the contact information.

4. Click on trackball and click Save when complete.

Set-up a task

1. From the Home screen, click on Applications.

2. Click on Tasks icon. Press the Menu key,

click on New and enter your task (an errand).

Set the alarm

1. From the Home screen, click on Settings.

2. Click on the Alarm icon.

3. Set up the Alarm by selecting On for the Daily Alarm and Selecting the Time, Snooze.

You can also synchronize your BlackBerry Curve with local information on your home/work computer such as calendar, contacts, tasks, and

media files by using BlackBerry® Desktop software that comes on the enclosed BlackBerry® User Tools CD in the box.

Text Messaging

Let your thumbs do the talking. With the versatile keyboard,

sending and receiving email, SMS, and MMS messages is

easy and fast. An SMS can be sent to other mobile phones

while an MMS can be sent to both mobile phones and

email addresses.

To compose a text message

1. From the Home screen, click on the Messages icon.

2. Press the Menu key. Click Compose SMS Text.

3. Select a name in the address book or click Use Once and

add the recipients phone number(s) or email addresses and

separate with a semicolon if necessary.

4. Enter the message

text.

5. When you’re through typing, click the trackball and Send.

To respond to a text message

1. Click on the Messages icon on the Home screen.

2. Using the trackball, scroll to and click the Text Message in your messages list.

3. Click the trackball and click Reply.

4.Type your message. Click the trackball, select Send.

Typing Tips

To enter symbols

like . and @, press

the SYM key.

Personal Email

BlackBerry® Internet Service email provides wireless “push” delivery and access up

to 10 supported personal and work email accounts including MSN™, Yahoo!™,

GMail™, Earthlink™ and many other popular ISP and personal email providers.

How to set up supported email accounts from your BlackBerry Curve.

1. From the Home screen, click the BlackBerry Setup icon.

2. On the BlackBerry Setup screen, click the Personal Email Setup icon.

3. Roll the trackball, scroll down and click Create New Account.

4. Read the BlackBerry Internet Service terms and conditions carefully, and if you

agree, then

scroll to and click Yes to accept.

5.Type the following information in the Account Setup screen: User Name & Password.

6. You now have the option to add up to 10 supported Internet email accounts and/or create an

optional BlackBerry email address.

How to compose email

1. From the Home

screen, click on the Messages icon.

2. Press the Menu key, scroll to and click Compose Email.

3.Type an email address or contact in the To: field.

4.Type the Subject.

5.Type your message, click the trackball and click Send.

For more information on message settings, filters, and shortcuts, press the Menu key while in the Messages screen

and then click on Help.

AT&T Mobile Music™

AT&T Mobile Music provides the ultimate, integrated, on-the-go music experience*. Almost

anywhere you go, AT&T Mobile Music will connect you to music with a touch of a button.

• On the Home screen, scroll to and click on the AT&T Music icon.

• Listen to your music with the integrated Music Player. Organize your music

by Artist, Album, Genre, or Playlist.

• Channel surf dozens of commercial free music stations with Streaming Music.

• Personalize your BlackBerry Curve with

music ringtones and Answer Tones™ at Shop Music.

• Instantly find out the artist’s name and the

title of a song with MusicID.

• Select Community to go to one or more hot user

communities. Interact with friends and the community

as well as review artist fan sites.

• Purchase

additional fun music applications via

AT&T Mall by going to Music Apps.

*Additional charges may apply for downloadable content.

Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for

those products or services. RIM and AT&T makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the third party products and

services and assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the third party products and services even if RIM and AT&T has been advised of the

possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages.

Transfer Music

You can listen to your favorite music on the BlackBerry® Curve™. The built-in

Media Player provides the ultimate in control and flexibility to organize your

music and listen to it the way you want to*.

How to load MP3 files

1. Ensure that you have inserted a microSD Media card into the back of your BlackBerry Curve

to optimize the memory available for music.

2. Install the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software on your PC computer using the BlackBerry

User Tools CD included in

the box.

3. Connect your BlackBerry Curve to your computer using the USB cable provided.

4.On your PC, open the Desktop Manager software with your computer mouse.

5. Double click on the Media Manager icon.

NOTE: Two sections will appear: the top shows your PC files, the bottom shows your BlackBerry Media card files under

the My Device section.

6.In the BlackBerry section below, click on the Music folder for the BlackBerry Media card.

7.In the PC section above, select the folder and then the music file you would like to copy

to your Media card.

8. Click on Copy Down button and then OK to move the song file to

the Music folder on your

Media card. Repeat as desired.

*Additional charges may apply for downloadable content.

Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for

those products or services. RIM and AT&T makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the third party products and

services and assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the third party products and services even if RIM and AT&T has been advised of the

possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages.

Play Music

Listen to your favorite music* on the BlackBerry® Curve™

while on the road, relaxing at home or at the gym.

How to play MP3 files

• From the Home screen, click the AT&T Music icon.

• Click on Music Player to view music files by song,

artist, album, genre, or playlist.

• Use the Find field on any view screen to quickly type in

the name of what you want to get to.

• Once the

music starts playing, press the ESC button to exit

and continue to listen to music while accessing other BlackBerry

Curve functions, e.g. email. The Mute button can be used to pause

and resume playing.

Note: All audio files must be transferred to the BlackBerry Curve before playing.

Use the Media Manager application of the Desktop Manager Software found on

the CD in the box to transfer files.

*When listening to audio files using headphones, permanent hearing loss might occur if

headphones are used at a high volume. Avoid increasing the volume of your headphones to

block out noisy surroundings. If you experience ringing in your ears or muffled speech,

consult a physician to have your hearing checked.

Push to Talk

Push to Talk (PTT) lets you view the availability of family, friends or co-workers

before you call.

Add a Push to Talk Contact

1. On the Home screen, click the Push to Talk icon.

2. On the PTT Menu screen, click Add Contact.

3. Type the contact information and click OK. Your BlackBerry Curve

will now send the invitation to your new contact.

Push to Talk... cont’d

Make a Push to Talk Call

1. Press and release the PTT key (Left Convenience Key)

to display your PTT contacts.

2. Scroll the trackball to highlight the contact you wish to reach

then press and hold the PTT key to establish a connection.

3. When the BlackBerry Curve beeps, you

can perform one of the

following actions:

a) To speak, press and hold the PTT key.

b) To listen, release the PTT key.

4. To end the Push to Talk call,

press and hold the End key.

GPS - maps, driving directions, and more

Check maps and get driving directions quickly and conveniently*.

• On the Home screen, click the TeleNav® icon.

• Click on Driving Directions to receive static driving directions.

• Click on Maps to view maps of an area.

• Click on Preferences to customize how you'd like to use TeleNav.

• Click on Premium Nav* to download TeleNav GPS Nav

igator™*

(audio assisted turn by turn instructions and 3D moving maps).

*Use of TeleNav GPS Navigator on the BlackBerry Curve requires purchase

of a GPS Receiver accessory. Monthly usage charges apply. Your use of

third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you

agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for those

products or services. RIM and AT&T makes no representation, warranty or

guarantee whatsoever in relation to the third party products and services

and assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the third party products

and services even if RIM and AT&T has been advised of the possibility of

such damages or can anticipate such damages.

Accessories

BlackBerry accessories are available for productivity, convenience and fashion.

You can shop accessories at www.cingular.com/accessories.

Ventures and/or AT&T affiliated companies. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand.

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and may be pending or registered in other countries - these and other marks of Research In Motion Limited are used under license. All other

brands, product names, company names, and trademarks are the properties of their

respective owners.

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Blackberry BlackBerry Curve Quick start guide

Blackberry BlackBerry Curve Quick start guide

Blackberry BlackBerry Curve Quick start guide

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